Le Mesturet Almanac

To start, turn your oven on to oven gas mark 6 (400°F / 204°C). Place your roll of pastry dough in a tart mould greased with butter and cover with the paper it came in. Place a flat lid or some beans on top of the paper to keep the pastry from puffing up during cooking. Put the tart mould in the oven for 20 minutes and then let it cool.

Chapter One/part 1: The Awakening of the Senses This match, Pierre wasn’t feeling it. Besides, on this Sunday in February 1975, he wasn’t feeling anything. He was having trouble concentrating on the game. Much to the annoyance Marc, the coach, he had gotten there after the time the bus was supposed to leave.